Discover the Future of Livestock Weighing: Optiweigh's New Sheep Version Unveiled

Since 2019 Optiweigh has made in-paddock automated weighing of livestock a reality for over 650 farms in Australia. Not having to yard animals for individual weighing has benefits in terms of reduced labour, cost and the avoidance of associated animal weight loss, while also providing opportunities to improve livestock sales returns.
Furthermore, the benefits that continuous weight monitoring can provide in terms of better decision making have only come to light through case studies from users. These have demonstrated that real time animal weight information is leading to improved decisions around things such as nutrition and animal health. The ultimate outcome from these decisions being made sooner and based on better quantitative information is improved productivity in terms of kg of livestock weight gain. This in turn translates into lower CO2e per kg of meat and hence improves the farm’s environmental metrics.
At Henty Machinery Field Days in 2024 Optiweigh will be proud to release the long-awaited sheep version of it’s product. The sheep version works in a very similar manner to the Optiweigh Cattle product. It is also set to deliver massive cost savings and productivity gains as users experience the benefits of having an automated weighing system that can give real time sheep weight information and detect changes in weight gain trends within days.

Author: Bill Mitchell - Optiweigh